List of people from Assam

This is a list of notable people from Assam, India.

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Administrators, diplomats and justices

• Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, 5th president of India; first Assamese to be the president of India
• Devakanta Barua, first Assamese to be the president of Indian National Congress
• Ananda Ram Baruah, first Indian district magistrate in India; first person to qualify for the civil services (ICS) from Assam and sixth from India; first graduate from Assam; Sanskrit scholar
• Ranjan Gogoi, 46th Chief Justice of India, first Assamese and also the first person from northeast to held this prestigious position
• Bishnuram Medhi, Governor of Madras State from January 1958 to May 1964; first Assamese governor of an Indian state
• Gopinath Bordoloi, Prime Minister of Assam before independence;Chief Minister after independence; politician; writer; first Bharat Ratna awardee from Assam
• Parbati Kumar Goswami, first Assamese Justice in Supreme Court of India
• Harishankar Brahma, first election commissioner of India from Assam and the second from North-East India
• Baharul Islam, judge of the Supreme Court of India
• Anowara Taimur, First lady Chief Minister of Assam
• Jamchonga Nampui, first person from Scheduled Tribe of Assam to qualify for the civil services (IAS)

Academicians and scholars

• Krishna Kanta Handiqui
• Nabakanta Barua
• Amalendu Guha
• Mamoni Raisom Goswami
• K M Baharul Islam, professor at Indian Institute of Management Kashipur, Fellow, Indian Institute of Advanced Study
• Jugal Kalita
• Mrinal Miri
• Bhabendra Nath Saikia
• Indira Miri

Performing arts

Actors and models

• Pramathesh Barua
• Jamuna Baruah
• Kashmiri Saikia Baruah
• Kenny Basumatary
• Jaya Battacharya
• Jaya Seal
• Ashima Bhalla
• Aimee Baruah
• Biju Phukan
• Devoleena Bhattacharjee
• Jupitora Bhuyan
• Barsha Rani Bishaya
• Seema Biswas
• Jatin Bora
• Kopil Bora
• Panchi Bora
• Pranami Bora
• Asha Bordoloi
• Parineeta Borthakur
• Plabita Borthakur
• Priyadarshini Chatterjee, Femina Miss India 2016
• Rewati Chetri
• Chetana Das
• Rimpi Das
• Tapan Das
• Utpal Das
• Angoorlata Deka
• Monikangana Dutta
• Zubeen Garg
• Amrita Gogoi
• Moloya Goswami
• Nishita Goswami
• Nipon Goswami
• Aideu Handique
• Ashraful Haque
• Diganta Hazarika
• Adil Hussain
• Baharul Islam
• Pabitra Rabha
• Rishi Kaushik
• Urmila Mahanta
• Shamin Mannan
• Mohini
• Moghai Ojah
• Rati Pandey
• Papon
• Prastuti Parashar
• Renu Saikia
• Brajanath Sarma
• Phani Sarma
• Ravi Sarma
• Arunima Sharma
• Dipannita Sharma
• Mahika Sharma
• Tara
• Zerifa Wahid

Film directors

• Jyoti Prasad Agarwala
• Pramathesh Barua
• Jahnu Baruah
• Munin Barua
• Manju Bora
• Bhupen Hazarika
• Zubeen Garg
• Reema Kagti
• Bhabendra Nath Saikia
• Phani Sarma
• Parvati Prasad Baruva
• Samarendra Narayan Dev
• Lakshyadhar Choudhury
• Suman Haripriya
• Rima Das
• Biswajeet Bora
• Rajni Basumatary
• Simple Gogoi
• Kenny Basumatary

Musicians

• Jyoti Prasad Agarwala
• Bishnu Prasad Rabha
• Bhupen Hazarika
• Parvati Prasad Baruva
• Dipali Barthakur, singer
• Khagen Mahanta
• Pratima Barua Pandey
• Rameshwar Pathak
• Parveen Sultana- singer
• Jayanta Hazarika - composer, singer
• Beauty Sharma Barua
• Rudra Baruah
• Jitul Sonowal - singer
• Manas Robin - composer
• Bhitali Das - singer
• Zubeen Garg - composer, singer
• Papon - composer, singer
• Joi Barua - singer
• Rupam Bhuyan - singer
• Sagarika
• Kalpana Patowary - singer`7
• Jim Ankan Deka - singer
• Dhrubajyoti Phukan
• Queen Hazarika - singer
• Mayukh Hazarika
• Padmanav Bordoloi - singer
• Simanta Shekhar - singer
• Anindita Paul - singer
• Anurag Saikia - composer

Activists

• Kiran Bala Bora, freedom fighter and social activist
• Muzammil Haque, first martyr of Madhyam movement.
• Nabin Chandra Bardoloi, freedom fighter, social activist and writer
• Akhil Gogoi
• Hema Bharali, freedom fighter and social activist
• Birubala Rabha, social activist
• Chobilal Upadhyaya, freedom fighter and Nepali social activist

Journalists

• Siva Prasad Barooah
• Arnab Goswami
• Ananda Chandra Barua
• Radha Govinda Baruah, founder of The Assam Tribune
• Parag Kumar Das
• Gauri Shankar Kalita
• Mahendra Nath Deka Phukan
• Khiren Roy
• Wasbir Hussain

Writers

Main article: List of Assamese writers with their pen names

• Amrit Bhushan Dev Adhikari
• Ananda Chandra Agarwala
• Chandra Kumar Agarwala
• Jyoti Prasad Agarwala
• Nabin Chandra Bardoloi
• Debo Prasad Barooah
• Amulya Barua
• Ananda Chandra Barua
• Binanda Chandra Barua
• Chandradhar Barua
• Hem Barua
• Hem Barua (Tyagbir)
• Hemchandra Barua
• Jahnavi Barua
• Jnanadabhiram Barua
• Kanaklal Barua
• Nabakanta Barua
• Ananda Ram Baruah
• Bhubanmohan Baruah
• Padmanath Gohain Baruah
• Parvati Prasad Baruva
• Lakshminath Bezbaroa
• Debananda Bharali
• Chandra Bharati
• Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya
• Kamalakanta Bhattacharya
• Nalinidhar Bhattacharya
• Hiren Bhattacharyya
• Bhattadeva
• Nakul Chandra Bhuyan
• Dhrubajyoti Bora
• Mahim Bora
• Satyanath Bora
• Rajanikanta Bordoloi
• Homen Borgohain
• Abani Chakraborty
• Saurabh Kumar Chaliha
• Raghunath Choudhary
• Ambika Charan Choudhury
• Lakshyadhar Choudhury
• Rebati Mohan Dutta Choudhury
• Mithinga Daimary
• Jogesh Das
• Birendra Nath Datta (1935-)
• Bhabananda Deka
• Harekrishna Deka
• Nalini Bala Devi
• Robin Dey
• Utpal Dutta
• Srutimala Duara
• Jatindra Nath Duwara
• Bhusana Dvija
• Pitambar Dvija
• Gopalacharana Dwija
• Ganesh Gogoi
• Hiren Gohain
• Gopaldev
• Hemchandra Goswami
• Sarat Chandra Goswami
• Krishna Kanta Handique
• Atul Chandra Hazarika
• Dhruba Hazarika
• Mafizuddin Ahmed Hazarika
• Tabu Taid
• Banikanta Kakati
• Ananta Kandali
• Madhava Kandali
• Rudra Kandali
• Durgabar Kayastha
• Madhavdev
• Syed Abdul Malik
• Rongbong Terang
• Kaliram Medhi
• Gopala Mishra
• Dimbeswar Neog (1899–1967)
• Nilmani Phookan (1933-)
• Anandaram Dhekial Phukan
• Mitra Phukan
• Arupa Kalita Patangia
• Sarmistha Pritam
• Anuradha Sharma Pujari
• Bishnuprasad Rabha
• Benudhar Rajkhowa
• Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa
• Khiren Roy
• Bhabendra Nath Saikia
• Sankardev
• Hema Saraswati
• Brajanath Sarma
• Phani Sarma
• Siddhartha Sarma
• Imran Shah
• Arun Sharma
• Benudhar Sharma
• Sonaram Chutia
• Harivara Vipra

Poets

Main article: List of Assamese-language poets

• Gopaldeva Bhawanipuria Aata (1551–1611)
• Hem Barua, Member of Parliament; poet and writer
• Hiren Bhattacharyya, poet
• Haribar Bipra (fl. 14th century)
• Nalinibala Devi, poet
• Ananta Kandali (fl. 16th century)
• Madhav Kandali (fl. 14th century)
• Madhavdev (1489–1596)
• Sankardev (1449–1568)
• Hem Saraswati (fl. 14th century)
• Jayadhwaj Singha (died 1663), Ahom King, poet
• Rudra Singha, Ahom King, poet

Historical figures

• Kanaklata Baruah
• Kumārila Bhaṭṭa
• Badan Chandra Borphukan
• Lachit Borphukan
• Chilarai
• Maniram Dewan
• Bagh Hazarika
• Kushal Konwar
• Joymoti Konwari
• Tarun Ram Phukan
• Sati Sadhani
• Kumar Bhaskara Varman
• Bhimbor Deori

Politicians

See also: List of Chief Ministers of Assam and List of Governors of Assam

• Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, fifth President of India
• Badruddin Ajmal, President of All India United Democratic Front
• Atul Bora, Cabinet Minister; A Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from the regional party Asom Gana Parishad.
• Abdul Matlib Mazumder, He was one among the prominent muslim MLA and also Cabinet Minister of Assam.As a Muslim leaders of eastern India, he also support Hindu-Muslim unity, opposing the partition of India on communal lines. Mazumdar along with Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (who later became the 5th President of India) became the most prominent Muslim opponents of the demand for a separate Muslim state of Pakistan, especially in the eastern part of the country.
• Pramod Boro, current CEM of BTC; president of UPPL
• Siva Prasad Barooah, politician, tea planter, philanthropist, and humanist
• Debakanta Barua, former president of Indian National Congress.
• Gopinath Bordoloi, first Chief Minister of independent Assam; freedom fighter; only Assamese to date who has been conferred the civil honour of Bharat Ratna by the Indian Government.
• Upendranath Brahma, Bodo-Fa, the father of Bodoland
• Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary, Bodo nationalist
• Bimala Prasad Chaliha, former Chief Minister of Assam
• Mahendra Mohan Choudhury, former Chief Minister of Assam; former Governor of Punjab
• Tarun Gogoi, former Chief Minister of Assam
• Bijoy Krishna Handique, former Union Minister of state
• Bhabesh Kalita, State President BJP Assam Pradesh
• Jogendra Nath Hazarika, former Chief Minister of Assam
• Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, former Chief Minister of Assam
• Bishnuram Medhi, former Chief Minister of Assam; former Governor of Madras State; first Assamese governor
• Santosh Mohan Dev, former Union Minister
• Hagrama Mohilary, ex-BLTF chief, former CEM of BTC
• Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary, former Governor of Meghalaya
• Ajanta Neog, Minister of Finance in Govt of Assam; first woman Finance Minister of Assam; Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from Bharatiya Janata Party.
• Kabindra Purkayastha, former Union Minister
• Syed Muhammed Saadulah, first Chief Minister of Assam under British colonial
• Hiteswar Saikia, former Chief Minister of Assam, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Mizoram
• Himanta Biswa Sarma, current Chief Minister of Assam & Convener of the Election Management Committee; Cabinet Minister, Govt. of Assam (2002-2014) (2016-2021)
• Sarat Chandra Sinha, former Chief Minister of Assam
• Sarbananda Sonowal, Former Chief Minister of Assam; former Union Minister
• Syeda Anwara Taimur, first woman Chief Minister of Assam.

Religious leaders

• Kalicharan Brahma
• Rupnath Brahma
• Damodardev
• Ajan Fakir
• Pitambar Deva Goswami
• Madhavdev
• Sankardev

Sports

Archer

• Jayanta Talukdar

Athletes

• Tayabun Nisha
• Bhogeswar Baruah, won gold medal at 1966 Asian Games
• Hima Das

Badminton player

• Dipankar Bhattacharjee, Indian badminton player
• Ashmita Chaliha

Boxers

• Jamuna Boro
• Shiva Thapa
• Lovlina Borgohain, won a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Bodybuilding

• Mahadev Deka
• Gautam Kalita

Cricketers

• Abu Nechim, former Mumbai Indians fast bowler
• Gokul Sharma
• Riyan Parag, plays for Rajasthan Royals in IPL
• Jogeswar Bhumij

Footballers

• Debashish Roy, former Indian national footballer
• Gilbertson Sangma, former Indian national footballer
• Babul Phukan, former Indian national footballer
• Jewel Bey, former Indian national footballer
• Anjana Saikia, Indian national woman footballer
• Holicharan Narzary, ISL and Indian national footballer
• Alen Deory, ISL and Indian national footballer
• Durga Boro, former ISL footballer
• Baoringdao Bodo, ISL and Indian national footballer
• Pranjal Bhumij, ISL footballer
• Pragyan Gogoi, ISL footballer
• Vinit Rai, ISL and Indian national footballer
• Gaurav Bora, ISL footballer
• Milan Basumatary

Tennis player

• Somdev Devvarman

Table tennis player

• Monalisa Baruah Mehta

Naturalists

• Robin Banerjee
• Ananda Chandra Dutta
• Jadav Payeng
• Anwaruddin Choudhury

Others

• Hemendra Prasad Barooah, entrepreneur, tea planter and philanthropist
• Jitendra Nath Goswami, astrophysicist
• Ranjit Barthakur, businessman
• Sailadhar Baruah, film producer
• Uddhab Bharali, inventor
• Nomal Chandra Borah, neurologist and founder of GNRC hospitals
• Harishankar Brahma, election commissioner of India
• Ramesh C. Deka, former Director of AIIMS
• Gunaram Khanikar, herbalist
• Achyut Lahkar, father of Assamese mobile theatre
• Tarun Ram Phukan, freedom fighter
• Joyanti Chutia, scientist, one of the only two women to head any scientific institution in India
• Sonaram Chutia, Vaishnav scholar, freedom fighter, educationist
• Anandita Dutta Tamuly, world record holder
• Nayandeep Deka Baruah, mathematician
• Anupam Saikia, mathematician
• Dhaniram Baruah, heart surgeon, popularly known as India's Pig Heart Doctor

See also

• People from Western Assam